The availability of affordable child care is limiting mothers’ options for returning to full-time work after the pandemic.

“In almost every single state, the first person to be vaccinated was a woman of color,” says the 19th’s economy reporter Chabeli Carrazana.

The expected decision means more people will be forced to continue unplanned pregnancies, which can make it harder to find or keep a job.

It could affect women’s wallets and their participation in the labor market.

Donated breast milk helps nonlactating mothers provide nutrition to their babies. But the supply is down, and the need is urgent.

When her husband started working from home, Liz Hansen was able to spend more time at her boudoir-style photography business.

There are 2.3 million fewer women working now than before the pandemic.

Because women are more likely to take advantage of workplace flexibility, journalist Emily Peck says they could be put on the “mommy track.”

An AARP report shows nearly 70% of those unemployed in June had been out of work for six months or more.

An excerpt from “Machiavelli for Women,” a new book by NPR’s Stacey Vanek Smith.